Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Ukraine's Election Results a Little Less Orange


Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko’s hopes to become prime minister may be dashed. President Viktor Yushchenko wants to invite the Party of Regions (PRU), led by her archrival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, to join a new Cabinet of Ministers. If the PRU, which will have more seats in parliament than the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) as a result of the September 30 parliamentary election, joins the cabinet, it may elbow out Tymoshenko.

Yushchenko explains that he wants unity in Ukraine, which is impossible without cooperation with the most popular party. However, a weakened Tymoshenko may be his real goal, as she is expected to be his rival in the next presidential election.

On October 3 Yushchenko called on the PRU, the BYuT, and his Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Bloc (NUNS) to launch talks to form a majority in parliament and the next cabinet. Yanukovych, who has never objected to a grand coalition, hailed Yushchenko’s statement. Tymoshenko suggested that Yushchenko did not mean coalition talks, but consultations with the PRU about its role as a party that should become the major opposition force. Yuriy Lutsenko, who topped NUNS’s list for the election, said that NUNS would not join a coalition with the PRU.


*sighs*

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have to say, that's some great hair. It being Ukrainian politics, is there some symbolic importance to the style (like Lech Walesa's Sarmatian mustaches in Poland)?

Will Baird said...

Yep, it's symbolic. It's a traditional very old school Western Ukrainian hair style. One for young girls. I heard once that it was for virgins.

It's a nationalist statement and a 'appeal' thing for men and women.

She is quite attractive. I can see why Jussi has the hots for her. lol. She's also as vicious as Ann Coulter. In some ways she has less political savvy than the Shrubbites. Seriously. And I's hates Shrubites.